BH these last six weeks we have been successful to keep people engaged online even in the absence of physical gatherings with online "meetings" of classes, daily davening, "sermons" and online social gatherings. We hope you are also joining us for these opportunities. Pesach is usually a high traffic time, physically, for Chabad of Uptown, not this year. It has taken a toll on the financial support, but gam zeh yaavor, this too shall pass....
We know you have been missing the signature Uptown challah & matzah ball chicken soup! Next week, in honor of First Fridays of May we are doing "A Taste of Chanie's Shabbat-To-Go"! Reserve your to go package here! Your sponsorship and volunteering to help deliver sponsored Shabbat-to-Go kits to seniors and homebound is appreciated and optional...
All is well on the family front. We have been home now, without Shul, for about 6 weeks, with hardly an end in sight. It has been wonderful, though, for the kids to really connect with each other as a family in ways not possible with the constant distractions, three of them being out of town at different schools and the coming and going of usual modern life.
An interesting phenomenon as I searched and discovered a new sweet spot to enjoy at home, our porch! Without realizing or planning it, it has become a daily tradition for many to stop by on their (dog) walks.... for a short conversation (or two :)). You too can stop by to say hello for your Torah morning minute! BYOC 
(= Bring Your Own Coffee).
We hope you are using this period of time as well to find new and creative ways to connect with yourself and others, finding dimensions of life and the silver lining in all of this physical distancing as an opportunity for emotional closeness.
- Mazel tov Dr. Rachel Graff Levine on her successful PHD dissertation defense!! Here's to many more simchos, successes and achievements!
- Mazel tov Lindsay & Alexander Barsky on the birth of a baby boy!
Wishing you a good Shabbos,
Warm wishes,
Rabbi Chaim & Chanie
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SHABBOS ROSH CHODESH IYAR, PARSHAS TAZRIA-METZORA
FRIDAY, ROSH CHODESH IYAR I, NISSAN 30 - APRIL 24
Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat at home at 7:30 pm
Candle Lighting at 7:36 pm
SHABBOS, ROSH CHODESH IYAR II, IYAR 1 - APRIL 25
Shacharis at home at 10:00 am
Printable page number order of prayers for Shabbos Rosh Chodesh: www.chabaduptown.org/4720586
Latest Morning Shema at 10:00 am
Latest Shacharis at 11:06 am
Read Parshas Tazria-Metzora, Maftir & Haftorah for Shabbos Rosh Chodesh
Special Musaf for Shabbos Rosh Chodesh
Mincha at 7:35 pm
Ethics of our Fathers, Chapter 2
Maariv, Havdalla & Shabbos Ends at 8:33 pm
Living Torah #13 at www.70years.com
WEEKDAY VIRTUAL CHABAD
www.chabaduptown.org/liveclass
DAILY
Shacharis at 8:15 am
TUESDAY
12:00 pm - Parsha Class
WEDNESDAY
8 PM YJP CLASS
THURSDAY
12:00 pm - Kitzur Shulchan Aruch - Jewish Law (Laws of Torah & Holy Books)
8:00 pm - Chassidus - Derech Mitzvosecha (The Mitzvah to Appoint a King)